Letter of 7 FEB 1870 written at Washington College to the
Right Reverend E. M. Martin, Bishop of EM Church, St. Louis requesting through
the Faculty and the joint committee of the Literary Societies to make an address
at Commencement in June.States
that there are about 700 young men in Washington College and VMI who need advice
and encouragement in Athe
course they should pursue in life.@(Obviously the Bishop of Georgia turned down the request of 20 JAN 1870).